...consistent deportment.1 St. Paul addresses the Philippians in words very similar to those of this text : " Do all things without " murmurings and disputings...may be " blameless and harmless, the sons of God, with" out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse " nation, among whom ye shine" (or " shine...

...works, which " they shall behold, glorify God in the day of .visita" tion n." We must endeavour to be " blameless and " harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the " midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among " whom we are to shine as lights in the world °." We see then the course...

...strong the expression 1 PRESIDENT DAVITS. Phil. ii. 15. " That ye may be blameless andharmlets, the ions of God without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye thine at lights in tine world." The closing part of this verse may be translated " elevated lights,"...

...partakers of the same faith and love, walked also as they had him for an example ; and were not only blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation ; but they shone as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life. And this...

...be far removed from your character, my Christian Friends ! Instead of such doubtful appearances, ' do all things without murmurings and disputings, that ye may be blameless and harmless, as the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom,' I pray...

...ii. 11 — 13. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments, 1 John ii. 3. c That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebuke, iii the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, Phil. ii....

...that with horrid strides of late) to root out the very remembrance of it from the earth, may we, as the ' Sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, shine as lights in the world:' Phil, ii, 15. Some, indeed, have not scrupled to...

...19. Rom. xii. 21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Nov. 20. Phil. ii. 14, 15. Do all things without murmurings and disputings, that ye may be blameless. 21. Eph. iv. 32. Forgiving one another, as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 22. Rom. xii. 18....

...Apostle joins the character of mere innocence with the most honourable title, which can be given to men : that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebute"\: a character, which it is the peculiar prerogative of him, who is in the highest sense the...

...prove the sincerity of his profession, and to recommend religion to others. Do all things 1 Joshua vii. without murmurings and disputings, that ye may be...midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom shine ye, as lights in the world.1 Even when we are habitually free from any allowed insincerity or...